Railroad-tie.



A. E? MARSHALL & F. J. GHAMROD.

RAILROAD TIE.

LIOATIOH FILED JUNE-2, 1911.

Patented Nov. 21,1911.

4. Toallwhom it may concern:

. SHALL and FRANK vented new andv ARTHUR EnM-ARSHALLyAjND FleANK J., Gmma. .011? onto.

- RAILROADTIE the United: States, resi ing'at Lima, in the county ofAllen and Stat'eg'of Ohio, .havein- RailroadTies, specification. Anobject of the. invention istoprovide a device for rigidly supporting.rails.

To accomplish the, desired resulmnse isv made of a channel,.con'stitutin' a rbase; and having the lower side thereo? corrugated.

to act as a reinforcement,endqplatscod nected to the channel anddepndingthere from, the said-end platesbeing adapted fdrinsertion intheground to retain. in position,

said rail platesbeingfadapte'd to receive thereon the railsto besupported and means for engagement with the said rail plates and therails to rigidlyiposition the-railsv on the rail plates.

Reference is to ing drawings constituting a partof this specification,in Whichs'ifm'ilar characters; of reference denote corresponding partsin all the views, andiniwhich- 7 I Figure l is a side elevation parts,being, broken away to disclosegtheunderlying structure. Fig. 2 is aplan; view, onecfthe rails being removed-to; disclosethe'construe:

1 a perspective view'of'on e 'of.the securing of the channel tionofthe-railplates. Fig'. 3 is a vertical section taken on tlieline 3'-3inFig. 2. look- 8- fl s ing in the direction of the-arrow. B,

Referring more particularly to' the views We provide a channel 10 havinga corrugated bottoi'n plate 11 and integral side plates; 12. Securedto both ends of the channel IQare end plates 13, consisting ofangulaiyportions 14 secured to thechann'el'ylOby bolts 15 an'd depending poi-thins l6fladapted for. insertion in the ground to'rigidlyposition the-channel 10. Extendingtra'nsversely overthe topi area". plurality of, pairs; of

rail platesI'l', each:- of thefsaidpairsof rail plates consisting oftops 1 8'a1id' sides IS), the

. said sides being riveted tothe' outer sides of.

vided with an integral the channel 10 as .will be seen by referring toFigs. land 3. Each'of .theplatcs is prof depending. flange 1 20 and theflanges 20 on each} pair of rail plates, are provided with registeringapertures'and I specification ofI-etters l a ten t. Application m d lune2,. 1911..

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- t d it grqa d o; rigid y th c ia njel lo pos t r po l nsthe P1501? .sld ilof th a l. Pla e 17 and: the ewing Pl a lhish w itli the upper.edges o jithfe said cham nel and provided with indentations and sevails,I p v w 2'. A,v railroad; tief on prijsing a;. channel mrevidc w t pegat dba e saw pairs of rail, platesee ing rsely .tothecharihkglflahd Ythe said rail L plates ,haying ppergsidesnl o cu. ing plates mounted tolie in the indentations in the said rail plates, the upper ends of thesecuring plates being adapted to engage the rails and the securingplates being bolted to the said rail plates. I

3. A railroad tie comprising a channel, pairs of rail plates extendingtransversely to the channel and having their ends secured thereto,flanges integrally formed on each of the said rail plates and dependingfrom and between the sides of the channel and securing plates disposedinindentations in the said rail plates, said securing plates havingtheir upper ends adapted for engagenrnt with the rails and their lowerends bolted to the said flanges.

- at. in a railroad tie the combination of 'a channel having the sidesintegral with the bottom,

the bottom being corrugated, end plate: secured to the said bottom andde lower ends of the l sides of the l l l l 1 l pending therefrom, pairsof rail plates extending transversely to the said channel and havingtheir ends secured thereto, the upper said rail plates being flush withthe upper edges of the said channel, flanges integrally formed on eachor" the said rail plates and depending between the sides of the saidchannel and securing plates provided with hooked portions for engagementwith the rails, the said securing plates bethere- 1 ing securedinindentations in the rail plates and having their lower ends bolted tothe depending flanges of the rail plates.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

ARTHUR E. MARHTALL. FRANK J. CHAMROD.

\Vitnesses \V. L. ROGERS, \Vnssm V. Gumin'r'rn.

